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Wow! You should do more videos on tech found in movies! It was extremely well done and super entertaining. I learned a lot too. My favorite part was when you went over how the logo was obscured and then added in.

There was an unaired episode of Mission Impossible made in 1972. The taped message was, to the best of my memory, as follows:

"Good Morning Mr. Phelps. This man, *close up picture #1*, Al Gore, will invent a technology called The Interweb" [Author's note: They used "Interweb" in the script I saw] "This Interweb, if invented, will give away free porn, allow people unfettered access to information and news and not allow governments to control their people. More importantly, this Interweb will allow people to spot mistakes in our episodes. Your mission, Jim, should you decide to accept it, is not let the Interweb get invented. As always, should you or you IM force be caught or killed, the secretary will disavow any knowledge. By the way, Jim, have you ever seen a grown man naked? This tape will self destruct in 5 seconds. Good luck, Jim!"

I may be off on some details, but I did see the script. Wonder why it never aired?

You mentioned some goofs I the openings for Mission Impossible, but you left one gaping one out: There are some scenes where the amount of tape changes at an impossible level. If you or anyone else need some examples, let me know and I'll provide them.

Thanks! I did not watch Mission Impossible when it was new, but a couple of years ago got the entire series on DVDs sets and the whole family enjoyed them. I think better than the later movies. Miniature tape recorders must have been exotic high tech back in the sixties.

Who knew anyone was keeping track of which tape recorder was used in which episode of MI ? Somebody has way too much time on their hands…Nonetheless, greatly enjoyed this nostalgic look back at an old favorite TV series tech.